Improved deck-light



PATEN E. s. HIDDEN, or NEW vonk, NQY.

IMPROVED DECK-LIGHT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,479, dated November 3,1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. S. HIDDEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Deck'Lights for Iron-Clad Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, inaking a part of this specification, said drawing being a vertical central section of my invention.

The ordinary deck-lights for iron-clad vessels are hinged at the lower end of a tubular case which is fitted in the planking of the deck, and as the latter is necessarily quite removed by opening the light from below, on'

account of the water being discharged upon the oor of the cabin or apartment underneath.

My invention consists in applying a faucet to the lower part of the tubular case in suchl a manner that the water with the greatest facility may be drawn oft' from the tubular case into a proper receptacle below the light and within the apartment below the deck, as hereinafter set forth. y

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a portion of the planking of the deck of an iron-clad vessel, and B represents the deck light, composed of a circular glass, a, fitted within a metallic rim, b, connected by a hinge, c, to a socket or tube, d, which is fitted in the under surface of the planking A, and secured thereto by screws e, which pass through a flange, f, at the bottom of the tube d, as shown clearly in the drawing. A circular hole is made entirely through the planking A to admit the light, and in the upper part of said hole a leaden or other softmetal tube, g, is fitted, the lower end of the latter resting on the upper end of the tube d, which may be of brass or other suitable metal.

The metallic rim b may be secured up in close contact with the bottom or lower end of tube d by means of a screw or other suitable fastening.

The parts above described may all be constructed in the usual way or as shown in a patent of E. Hidden, bearing date June 21,y

1853, and reissued September 8, 1863. At the side of the tube d there is a passage, h, the inner orice of which is directly over the rim b, when the latter is closed in close contact with the lower end of d. its lower orifice extending down through the ilangef, and into said orice a faucet, C, is screwed. By this arrangement it will be seen that when the chamber above the deck-light formed by the tubes d' g, becomes filled with water it may be drawn o' with the greatest facility through the faucet C into a pail or other receptacle and from within the cabin or apartment below the deck and without opening the glass or light, thereby avoiding the trouble and time consumed by the sopping up vwith a faucet, C, applied to it in the manner substantially as shown, to admit of the water being withdrawn from the chamber above the light at the under side or below the' deck and without opening the glass or light, substantially as herein set forth.

E. S. HIDDEN.

Witnesses:

D. RoBnnrsoN, M. M. LiviNGs'roN.

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